Veterans to get 51 million RUR on V-day

Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Petr Sumin decided that nearly 51 million RUR is to be paid from the regions budget to the Great Patriotic War veterans, the Leningrad blockade survivors, and death camp prisoners who were under age at the time, on Victory Day. In fact, this 500-ruble allowance per person has been paid for the third time this year.

This is a limited list for this difficult year: before the crisis, the allowances used to be paid to all of the regions retirees.

According to the spokesperson for the Governor, the payments will be received by over 95,000 veterans, including nearly 27,000 Chelyabinsk-based ones who are to get a total of 14 million RUR. All of them are to get the allowance before May 7, 2009. The money is to be paid alongside with the regular monthly pension.